Well….just a short one to get started today….it’s the first birthday of this site and I really don’t know what to say about that yet….I do have coffee going and the paper waiting so I’m going to go take care of that right now….there will be additions to this one in a little while so come on back…

Okay, I’m back for a minute and I’ve been thinking a bit about the things that have happened in the last year that I’ve been writing this….and the only conclusion I can come to is “not much”….still not working, still driving the same car, still alone, still going out to Kava every morning, still worrying about my weight, still wondering if this is all there is to life, still trying to find a coherent plot for the new novel, still trying to sell the last one, still watching more of my hair fall out, still watching as an old guy replaces the one in the mirror that I’m used to, still writing this thing every day, still wondering how I got here, still disappointed in our country’s direction, still, still, still……….back in a while….need to read the times….

Well…read the Times…I’m still weaning myself from it since they went to a pay to read site….I wonder if I should be a little proud that I’ve written something here every day for a full year or has it been just a huge waste of time? Yep, you can see the conflict that I’m having about almost everything right now and it is not fun…..maybe I’ll just go over to the couch and watch the rest of a documentary I started with this morning….

Okay…finished the documentary and am in the process of making lunch….thought I’d do one last addition to this one before I move on to other things…..not much to do today….going to have lunch, of course, and then probably just veg the rest of the day since it is just so gloomy that I don’t want to do anything else….I’ll be back later to get to another topic but I know you won’t be surprised if I don’t get to it….

Well…have been doing a total veg day but it’s coming up on decision time whether or not to go out today…have not heard from K yet and I’ll have to take off by 4:30 to get downtown by 5…no it’s not that far but I have no fuel in the wreck…I have decided that if I can’t park within a couple of blocks, I’m just going to turn around and come home….just can’t justify paying 7 bucks to park for an hour…yeah, I know, this one is not what you were expecting but there just have been no topics that have me outraged…or even mildly upset and I just didn’t want to fake it….I will have a topic for tomorrow since I do have a few things that I am thinking about….

Well….a kind of fun night last night but just vegged and had a couple of cocktails…slept okay but I am getting frustrated that there haven’t been any dreams that I can remember lately…..didn’t get up until almost 7…..so, I feel okay today and it was nice to not have to run the car to get the ice off before going out to get the papers. Got some salmon for only 4 bucks a pound this morning so I’ll have to look for recipes so I can have some of that tomorrow. Not much to do today…probably drinks with K this aft and maybe out to Peppino’s downtown to hang out for a friends birthday and watch part of the final four. That’s about it…the coffee just stopped sputtering so I’m going to go read the papers and take a break…more later…

Well…another night, more boredom and it is starting to become numbing….but I’ll live through it I guess. I did get a bike ride in yesterday and no geese attacks so that was a plus…the swans seem to be nesting in the pond by the e-way since they were there again yesterday….and the redtailed hawk that was along the trail is back again…that made me smile a little when it took off and crossed in front of me. I’ve decided that getting back into riding slowly and building up my fitness is no fun so it’s back to going as hard as I can as far as I can….and that means I hurt like crazy this morning but it also feels good in a weird sort of way. Not much to do today…have to go grocery shopping this morning so I’ll have some food to cook but that is about it….I do need to try to find some different things to do…..and I think I may try to propose solutions to Michigan’s problems rather than just bitch about the repubs….that may be refreshing for both you and me…..and it might help use other parts of the brain that are getting really rusty…more later….

Well….yeah, I know, I didn’t come back to finish up the last one….just didn’t have anything come to me that would add to it, and I went for a ride on the bike instead. It was pretty cold but I did see lots of wildlife….a red tailed hawk and a pair of huge swans that were in the retention pond by the e-way. Other than the ride…didn’t do much yesterday but kind of veg and cook. Just been really worn out lately…hope today will be better but who knows? Not much to do today….can’t even get motivated to get ready to go out for coffee…but I’m going to try in a few minutes so I’ll end here…more later…

Okay, I’m back for a minute after coffee and working out and I feel a lot better…but that’s only physically, I’m still having trouble getting the cobwebs out of my head and that is making it tough to come up with meaningful topics…oh, well….the car is still running great so I think I can now stop thinking about parking it on hills and the dreaded silence when I turn the key…that is such a sinking feeling when that happens….did I share with you the latest adventure with geese on the bike? I don’t remember and I don’t feel like going back through these posts to see…so I’ll share again. When I was taking the bike to pick up the car after it was fixed, I cut through the church parking lot behind my place and another damn goose attacked me…I’m not kidding…this thing was almost 30 feet away and just came at me like a heat seeking missile….whacked me on the head and shoulder and almost knocked me off the bike….almost think I should carry a weapon of some sort….just more weirdness to add to the rest of it in my life…

Well…a pretty nice day yesterday but I don’t remember who won at pool…I think it was Tom but I’m not sure…the car started for a whole day and I think it may be fixed so that takes a load off…okay, I feel pretty crappy right now…it just hit me so it must be a calorie deficit from yesterday…only had a burger for lunch and that was it….not more than 800 cals or so for the day and that’s not enough. So, I’m making a whole chicken today and am going to make up for yesterday by eating a ton today…going to be out on the bike, too, so I should feel better in the aft. Not much to do today….going to take it kind of easy until the Wings game later and just get some resumes out…..I’m sure I’ll have topics for later….

Well….a long, busy day yesterday that ended in going out with G for more than a couple…had a lot of fun, though, and I think it will take until it’s time to go out to shoot pool to feel better…and then, right back at it. I did get attacked by a heat seeking goose on the bike again….damn thing whacked me in the head and wrenched my neck…it still hurts this morning and I am trying really hard not to try to extract vengeance on the stupid bird…and then I remember it’s just a stupid bird that is just doing what it is programmed to do. I am looking forward to seeing that the car is fixed this morning…it does start a lot better so far, but I won’t be really confident until over a week….not much to do today…going to try to get back in my normal routine and get out to Kava today, and then work out and cook lunch….I should have topics for later since Obama talked and whenever that happens, the righties foam at the mouth and reveal their stupidity…

Well…the damn car took a crap on me again this morning….quit at the Family Fare this morning and I had to walk back here and wait for Tom to come and tow it to get it running…got it going and took it to the shop….starter is bad and will cost 300 bucks to have repaired….about a hundred under what I expected but I think I’ve come to the point that I really have to start looking for a new car…and a job…I do have one for a little later…about the tide that is turning against the repubs in popular opinion now that they have revealed their radical right-wing agenda in Wisconsin and other places…

Well…not a bad night of sleep last night…I was in bed for 8 hours anyway and might have gotten a good 6 hours….so I feel okay today but still a little fuzzy but that should pass in a couple of hours…the weekend was quite boring since I am still short on cash and not sure I have fixed the car yet. I wonder how long the thing will have to start before I become confident with it again? Maybe today, I hope…I am tired of parking it on hills…GR is not the hilliest place in the world…now, if I lived in San Fran, I would never have to fix it. Not much to do today….the normal stuff, I hope, so I can get back into some political commentary, and maybe out with G later…haven’t seen her in a couple of weeks and that might be fun. Watching a Woody Allen movie right now so I’ll stop and get back to it…more later…

Well….It’s been another slow day here at the homestead but I did get started on getting the winter clothes put away and taking care of some stuff that I have been ignoring for a while…I can’t believe it, but on April 3rd I will have been doing this for a full year and I appreciate the discipline that it has forced on me to get at least one of these out every day…the average is almost 2 per day since I’ve gone over 750…oh, just did the math..it’s over 2 per day so I feel better now. It’s funny how just having a little money in the bank can change your mood so much….I now have enough cash to get through June but I have to keep looking for work…if I could just get a little more money coming in, I may be able to take the whole summer off again, play some golf and spend some time at the beach. But first, I do have to spend a little cash on the car…it needs a headlight, rear brakes, and some brake line replaced before I’ll be comfortable trying to get it through another summer…will probably need another roll of duct tape, too….but I do want a Miata at some point since I’m running out of time to enjoy a convertible sports car. Maybe this year…..that’s enough for now…I’ll be back with pithy commentary tomorrow since I’ll be restoring my normal routine which seems to be necessary for me to let the brain go and write…